mossambicus, Clarias Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:682 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Mozambique. Syntypes: ?FMNH 54274 [CM 2904] (1); ZMB 3068 (2), 6591-93 (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:27 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]. Also in Peters 1868:32, Pl. 6 and 7 (figs. 2-3) [ref. 3440]. •Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) -- (Teugles 1982:463 [ref. 27525], Teugels 1986:81 [ref. 6193], Teugels 1986:35 [ref. 12548], Seegers 1996:205 [ref. 23725], Seegers et al. 2003:37 [ref. 28087], Ferraris 2007:143 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Clariidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.